Our Mission
To improve the learning outcomes and well-being of all children and youth by providing services and leadership in partnership with families, schools and communities.
Our Goals
- Increase learning growth for students
- Decrease the gap in achievement
- Increase annual graduation rates
- Increase gateways to post-secondary success
The Heartland Administrators’ Association (HAA) will meet on Nov. 6 at DMACC in Ankeny.
The meeting begins at 8:30 a.m. with partner updates. At 9:00 a.m. guest speaker and professor in the School Psychology Program at the University of South Florida, Shannon Suldo, Ph.D., will present a workshop entitled, “Promoting Students’ Complete Mental Health in a Multi-Tiered Framework.” This session is designed for superintendents; all other educators are invited to an afternoon session with Suldo on “Providing Positive Psychology Practices to Improve Students’ Happiness.”
HAA Meeting
Nov. 6
DMACC Ankeny: Student Center, Bldg 5, 2006 S. Ankeny Blvd, Ankeny
8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Partner Updates
9:00 - Noon Workshop with Shannon Suldo, Ph.D
Register at this link: https://goo.gl/tHa5MA
There will not be a Zoom option for this meeting
Agenda: HAA Nov. 6 Agenda
The Nov. 2018 Update for Superintendents from Iowa’s Area Education Agencies is now available. Topics include a customer satisfaction survey, Iowa Leadership Academy, IASB convention, Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress and Iowa’s Digital Learning Plan.
Join us for a compelling look at what is and is not standards-based assessment and grading. Explore what it means to be truly evidence-based in assessing and reporting students' achievements regarding standards and learner outcomes. Learn the biggest concerns in grading today: averaging, zeroes on the 100-point scale, re-do's, percentages, grading scales, late work, valedictorian, marking homework, extra credit, gradebook and report card design, formative vs summative assessments, reporting behavior/effort/character elements, disaggregation, and much more.
Jan. 21, 2019
George Daily Auditorium in Oskaloosa
Register via the course catalog at GPAEA.org. Search Course #160673 GP-Standards-Based Assessment and Grading with Rick Wormeli.
Contact:
StephWilson, wilsons@oskycsd.org or (641) 673-8345
LonnaAnderson, lonna.anderson@gpaea.org or (319) 753-6561 ext.1208
If your district or building is looking at behavioral interventions in the classroom, this is a reminder that Shannon Suldo, Ph.D., will be here on Nov. 6 to deliver a free workshop to educators. If you have questions about student behavior outcomes, this session might be a support that could enhance energy in buildings with some new approaches to behavioral interventions in the classroom.
This workshop will also look at specific strategies at the Tier 1 level for promoting all children’s happiness through schoolwide and classwide strategies that target improvements in the factors correlated with children’s subjective well-being, including positive teacher-student relationships evident in schools with a healthy climate, as well as students’ personal levels of gratitude, optimism and use of character strengths. Participants will also become familiar with tools to assess positive psychology constructs, including how to incorporate such measures in universal screenings and progress monitoring.
Shannon Suldo, Ph.D., is a professor in the School Psychology Program at the University of South Florida. She is a Licensed Psychologist in the state of Florida and provides school-based mental health services to youth in the Tampa area.
Registration
Nov. 6, 2018
DMACC, Student Center, Bldg. 5, 2006 S. Ankeny Blvd., Ankeny
1:00-4:00 p.m.
Register at this link: https://goo.gl/Nvp8w6
Parents and caregivers of students with special needs: join us for “Conversation & Coffee,” our monthly morning coffee group! Learn about community resources and upcoming events and network with parents who have similar experiences and challenges.
Mark your calendar for these 2018-19 meeting dates!
- Nov. 15, 2018
- Dec. 20, 2018
- Jan. 17, 2019
- Feb. 21, 2019
- March 14, 2019 (due to Spring Break)
- April 18, 2019
- May 16, 2019
Conversation & Coffee meets the third Thursday of each month from 9:30 - 11 a.m. at the 100th Street Corner Café in Urbandale.
RSVP appreciated but not necessary: Kari Paulsen, Family & Educator Coordinator, Heartland AEA, at kpaulsen@heartlandaea.org or (515) 270-9030 ext. 14493.
The Nov. 2018 BoEE Quarterly Newsletter is now available. In this issue: initial license expiration dates, renewals, Iowa licensure types, December graduates, holidays, ethics/educator boundaries and recent cases.
The Nov. 2018 School Leader Update from the Iowa Department of Education is now available.
